Hirte
German, noun[ˈhɪʁtə]
Hirte is spelled H-I-R-T-E (5 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hirte is a German masculine noun meaning “herdsman, herder, shepherd, stockman, pastoralist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Besitzer und Hüter einer Tierherde”.
What does Hirte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineherdsman, herder, shepherd, stockman, pastoralist
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Besitzer und Hüter einer Tierherde 2. kirchliches Gemeindeoberhaupt, Seelenhirte
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Hirte
- Hirten genitive
- Hirtin feminine
- Hirt alternative dated
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hirte?
- [ˈhɪʁtə]
- [ˈhɪɐ̯tə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hirte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hirte in German?
Hirte appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).